Estelle Riquier

Tedium, sorrow, despair devour me. A guilty wife, an unnatural mother, I abandoned the holy joys of family, the conjugal home, made beautiful by the presence of two little angels come down from heaven. Dragged along the byways of vice, by an unbridled egoism, pride, and vanity, a heartless woman, I conspired against the holy love of him whom God and men had given me as a support and as a companion in life. He sought in death a refuge against the despair that my cowardly desertion and his dishonor had caused him. Christ forgave the adulterous woman and the repentant Magdalene. The adulterous woman had loved, and Magdalene had repented. But I! – wretch – I sold for the price of gold a false love that I never felt. I sowed pleasure by the handful and reaped nothing but contempt. Horrible misery and cruel hunger came to put an end to a life that had become odious to me… and I did not repent! Wretched and infamous, I often employed, with fatal success, unfortunately, my infernal influence as a Spirit, driving toward vice poor women whom I saw to be virtuous and enjoying the happiness that I had crushed underfoot. Will God forgive me someday? Perhaps, if the contempt that she inspires in you does not prevent you from praying for the unhappy Estelle Riquier. Observation. – This Spirit having communicated spontaneously, without being called and without being known to any of those present, the following questions were addressed to it:

At what time did you die?

Answer. – Fifty years ago.

Where did you live?

Answer. – In Paris.

To what class of society did your husband belong?

Answer. – To the middle class.

At what age did you die?

Answer. – Thirty-two years old.

What motives led you to communicate spontaneously with us?

Answer. – I was permitted to do so for your instruction and as an example.

Had you received some education?

Answer. – Yes.

We hope that God will take into account the frankness of your confession and of your repentance. We beseech him to extend his mercy upon you, sending good Spirits to enlighten you on the means of repairing your past.

Answer. – Oh! thank you! thank you! May God hear you!

Observation. – Several persons informed us that they considered it a duty to pray for the suffering Spirits whom we point out and who beg for assistance. We make vows that this charitable thought may become general among our readers. Some received the spontaneous visit of Spirits in whom they had taken an interest and who came to thank them.